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			<li purpose="li" id="LI_CFE839A931A547ECBD7CA1FEE54C684F"> Launch the ArcGIS License Server Administrator from Start &gt; Programs &gt; ArcGIS &gt; License Manager &gt; License Server Administrator.</li>
			<li purpose="li" id="LI_A9DDB84DB2E7404DBA6CCA9C975702C2">Select Start/Stop License Service in the table of contents using the Start, Stop, or Restart buttons to manage the license service.</li>
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		<p id="GUID-B084672C-A129-40F6-9613-61C7DE2217C8">From the command line, switch to the License Manager installation location (the default installation location is c:\program files\arcgis\license10.0\bin) and run the following commands:</p>
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				<li purpose="li" id="LI_A179942C87C74DA0B7A44915FD1E99D9">To start the License Manager:<pre purpose="pre" id="GUID-F08C9A72-155D-445F-87A5-39575110070A">c:\program files\arcgis\license10.0\bin&gt; lmgrd -z -c service.txt</pre></li>
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				<li purpose="li" id="LI_E49B63D7FBBC42EDA9D686F9F177C47F">To stop the License Manager:<pre purpose="pre" id="GUID-E2D007EE-226A-4001-871A-C9C104BC7E72">c:\program files\arcgis\license10.0\bin&gt; lmutil lmdown -c service.txt</pre></li>
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